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429 Notable deaths
by hanging
Boris Barnet
Soviet film director, screenwriter.
Born June 18th, 1902 in Moscow. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1965 at 62 years old in Riga (hanging). [ref]
Fred Fisher
German-born american songwriter, tin pan alley music publisher.
Born September 3rd, 1875 in Cologne. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1942 at 66 years old in Manhattan (hanging). [ref]
Matthias Zurbriggen
Swiss mountain climber (1856-1917).
Born May 15th, 1856 in Saas-Fee.
Died July 21st, 1917 at 61 years old in Geneva (hanging).
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu
Turkish politician (1910-1961).
Born April 20th, 1910 in Istanbul.
Died September 16th, 1961 at 51 years old in İmralı (hanging).
Erwin Rösener
German politician (1902-1946).
Born February 2nd, 1902 in Schwerte.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 44 years old in Ljubljana (hanging).
Andrei Zhelyabov
Russian revelotionary (1851-1881).
Born August 29th, 1851 in Mikolayivka.
Died April 15th, 1881 at 29 years old in Saint Petersburg (hanging).
Aleksander Ford
Polish film director (1908-1980).
Born November 24th, 1908 in Kyiv.
Died April 4th, 1980 at 71 years old in Florida (hanging). [ref]
Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi
Iraqi murderer.
Born March 1st, 1970 in Ramadi.
Died February 4th, 2015 at 44 years old in Jordan (hanging).
Károly Beregfy
Hungarian fascist arrow cross defence minister under ferenc szálasi (1888-1946).
Born February 12th, 1888 in Crvenka.
Died March 12th, 1946 at 58 years old in Budapest (hanging).
Shūsui Kōtoku
Japanese anarchist.
Born November 5th, 1871 in Nakamura.
Died January 24th, 1911 at 39 years old in Ichigaya Prison (hanging).
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